The Left Worker-communist Party of Iraq ( ar, الحزب الشيوعي العمالي اليساري العراقي) is a small

political party A political party is an organization that coordinates candidates to compete in a particular country's elections. It is common for the members of a party to hold similar ideas about politics, and parties may promote specific political ideology ...

Iraq Iraq,; ku, عێراق, translit=Êraq officially the Republic of Iraq, '; ku, کۆماری عێراق, translit=Komarî Êraq is a country in Western Asia. It is bordered by Turkey to Iraq–Turkey border, the north, Iran to Iran–Iraq ...

, formed in 2004. The party was formed by a group of communists, some of whom were members in the Worker-Communist Party of Iraq soon after the WCPIraq decided to support the Worker-Communist Party of Iran - Hekmatist; the Left tendency was to desire to maintain links with the Worker-Communist Party of Iran, believing that group held to a clear revolutionary and socialist position and maintained the line of Worker Communism as laid out by its founder,

Mansoor Hekmat Mansoor Hekmat ( fa, منصور حکمت, born Zhoobin Razani fa, ژوبین رازانی; June 4, 1951 - July 4, 2002) was an Iranian Marxist theorist, revolutionary and leader of the Worker-communist movement. He opposed the Shah and, after the ...

. The current leader of LWPI is

Issam Shukri Issam Harris (born 22 May 1993), known by his stage name Issam ( ar, عصام), is a Moroccan hip hop, Moroccan rapper, songwriter and Trap music, trap artist. He was born in Derb Sultan, Casablanca and became known in 2018 with his song and musi ...

. He is also a member of Central Committee and Politburo of WPI.

External links

LWPI official site
Communist parties in Iraq Political parties established in 2004 Worker-communist parties {{CP-stub